Anthony Hopkins and Charlotte Rampling will play Charles and Emma Darwin in a new period drama from The Other Boleyn Girl director Justin Chadwick.

Written by Jacob Killion and set against the backdrop of Victorian England, The Species will also star Tom Hollander as publisher Marshall Winwick, with Billy Howle portraying Charles and Emma’s son, George.

The film is set to focus on Emma, surrounded by memories of visionary scientist and her late husband, Charles, at their estate Down House. “Whilst on a late life journey of self-discovery since recently being made a widow, she finds herself locked in a battle with her son George and pushy publisher Marshall Winwick over Charles’ autobiography,” a plot synopsis reads. “It presents a challenge to her faith: will the publication of

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